The Osceola times., 1887-06-11

yentlon, and swallowed with the
same machine-rigged readiness, and
were being digested as nicely as be-
fore, until Capt. Eades' little pando-
ra box was opened, and the dirt-nlv-
orous bull turned loose among them,
whereupon the convention was as
snrely dismayed as the African mag
istrate in ease of "'Sault and bat
terry" The plaintiff claiming six dol
lars damage for his nose that had
been bitten off in the melee. The
magistrate said six dollars WAS little
enough for mans nose, and moved
to decide accordingly; when counsel
for defendant explained his legal
rights, and magistrate consents to
hear; counsel says, I" Now. your Hon
or, look, look at the litigants. see,
your Honor, my CLIENT; a nice, clean,
fastidious gentleman. Now, look at
the plaintiff: sour, musty, filthy, and
isn't it far more reasonable to sup
pose that dirty man like him might
bite his own dirty nose off in a fray
lik that? The magistrate, confused,
says; before yu argeed, de kase was
clar enough; now, duz not know
a dam what to jo!'
These delegates, so far as / know,
were gentlemen, possessed Of high
order of gifts and requirements, and
masters of their professions; yet nov
ices in many things, as all are like
wise.
Soloman say: "Ti,ae and chance
happeneth them all" That we are
all creatures of circumstance, is the
common acceptation. Then, if cir
cumstance compels us to drink of
the Mississippi, we ought to know
more of it's physics, hydraulics and
natural laws than those that can
bathe in the nectar that Jupiter sips.
The true aud only key to success
in this grand enterprise was given
US long ago; but, like the rose in the
land of nod, it's fragrance wasted ON
the desert air. Some ten or more
years past, after two or three disas-
trous floods, the citizens Of Memphis
requested Ex president Davis to de-
liver an address on this subject. Mr..
Davis, perhaps, had given the sub
ject as little thought as other public
men; but, ont of tie abundance of
his natural, christian philosophy and
exquisite appreciation Of the laws
aud works OF creation, he advised,
in their search after River and Val
ley knowledge, they look more to
the LESSONS Nature teaches than to
their own resources. Here was the
veni vidi vici condensation of the
grand essentials in the premises.
Alas, for poor, frail humanity.
how oft we blindly pass pearls of
great price ON our way out to see a
reed shaken by the wind. We ofteu
boast Of the progressive genius of
our age. Very few Of us reflect
back to the sntecedent genius we
borrow from. Most, if not all the
important discoveries were precon-
ceiyed in the sirikingly intelligent
organism OF creation that we call
| Nature.
All the genius in the Suspension
Bridge was pre-oonceived IN the
backbones of the OK. The Arch:
from the hackbones of the Camel;
the best constructed Mill dams, from
the Beaver; Beavers tail. the model
for the Trowel. The grand Suction
Fan, from natures Water-spont
where a floating cloud stop and
stoops over the placid lake and start.
a wbirling, circiing, funnel-shapeo
nozzle that soon demonstrates the
mighty rushing % many waters
The rotary motion OF the planets
the grand principles in machinery
The combined influence of the blue
sky and the yellow sun make vege.
tation green; thus by mixing yellow
and blue, we get artificial green
Electricity: when we find elcctrici
ty, one of the indispensable cumpD
nents in the grand machinery of tb,
universe; pervadinC and permeahnl
everywhere, iife-giyiug, inyjguraJiu1
and sustaining the animal. vegetable
aud mineral Kingdoms, the Doctor.
catch Oh and advertise Electric Bolts
From seeing the hen sit on eggs wc
learn to make lncubators. The jaws
of the Cow and Jack, the lever prin.
ciple in Shears. The mouth of the
Squirrel, Ground Hog, &c, all the
genius in Nippers. Moddel Boats
from Water Fowls; Seplling Boat,
from Fishes Tails, &c. Enou gh is
enough.
Practically, ] am % machinist,
but hear others talk of the ineifectu
ality of the best pumps in use; that
they will not lift water more than
33 feet; we find trees on the Pacific
slope 400 feet high, and yet their
tips and leaves are all watered with
Self Acting Pumps.
There are some useful Imp o nents
however, for which | find no intell
gent diagram, that perhaps were dug
from our own resources: the Chair.
Plow and Wagon. BY as good au-
thority as we have, so far back,